OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting a slight uptick in day-to-day COVID-19 cases, but an overall downward trend in active cases. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, 27 more people in Ottaw have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the city s pandemic total to 13,385. Figures are frequently lower on Tuesdays due to lower testing data over the weekends, but local figures have been trending lower overall in the past week compared to early January. Ottawa Public Health reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 46 new cases on Sunday. Across Ontario, public health officials reported 745 new cases provincewide, but warned that the data are skewed by a data migration at Toronto Public Health.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting another drop in active cases of COVID-19 and the testing positivity rate in Ottawa. OPH added 22 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday. On Sunday, Ottawa Public Health reported 46 new cases. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, the city has seen 13,358 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Monday. The pandemic death toll from COVID-19 is 422 residents. On Sunday, Ottawa s key COVID-19 indicators fell out of the Red zone in Ontario s COVID-19 restriction system. The COVID-19 rate per 100,000 dropped to 38.9 cases, down from 42.5 cases per 100,000 on Saturday. Under Ontario s COVID-19 response framework, the guidelines for the red-control zone is more than 40 cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate of 2.5 per cent.
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Publishing date: Feb 01, 2021 • February 1, 2021 • 2 minute read •
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More than half of the 196 workplaces inspected across the region failed last month to meet COVID-19 compliance measures in force by the province, said Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health Monday.
Inspections were conducted Jan. 20-22 by two health unit staff and 18 Ministry of Labour inspectors in an inspection blitz.
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“While many businesses in the region are taking the necessary steps to protect their staff and customers, several must make adjustments to align with current guidelines,” said Dr. Piotr Oglaza, medical officer of health and CEO for HPEPH. “We are continuing to provide information and support to local workplaces to help them operate as safel
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Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021 • January 29, 2021 • 2 minute read •
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Daily cases of COVID-19 in Ontario dipped to 1,837 cases2 Friday, down from the 2,093 daily cases recorded the day before.
Ontario reported 58 deaths for a total of 6,072.
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Ontario reported a total 264,300 cases of which 237,871 were reported as resolved.
There were 1,291 hospitalizations in Ontario Thursday while 360 patients were in intensive care units with 271 on a ventilator.
With declining numbers this week, Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health officials advised regional residents to remain vigilant in their approach to the COVID-19 virus.